Panel discussion on rights of indigenous peoples…

The panel discussion aims:
•    To foster a deeper understanding and assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on indigenous peoples;
•    To identify good practices, lessons learned so far, and current challenges in the response to and recovery from COVID-19;
•    To focus specifically on indigenous peoples' right to participation in the COVID context, including in developing and implementing COVID-19 measures, the protection of indigenous peoples and their lands and resources during and in the aftermath of the pandemic, and in the provision of vaccines.
- SPEAKERS:
- Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction)
- Ms. Megan Davis, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Mr. José Francisco Cali Tzay, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Ms. Anne Nuorgam, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Guatemala (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Carla María Rodriguez Mancia
- Sweden (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Anna Jardfelt
- Mr. Freddy Mamani Machaca, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
- European Union, Ms. Iva Gavrilova
- Australia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Sally Mansfield
- Brazil, Mr. Tovar da Silva Nunes
- Ukraine, Ms. Yevheniia Filipenko
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Emilio Segundo Barroeta Guillén
- Ecuador, Mr. Alejandro Dávalos Dávalos
- Spain, Mr. Anton Leis
- Senegal, Mr. Papa Diomaye Loum
- Karelian Republican Public Organization "Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy (Young Karelia - Molodaya Karelia)", Mr. Aleksei Tsykarev
- International Lesbian and Gay Association (Joint Statement), Ms. Santa Singh Thangjam
- Conselho Indigenista Missionário - CIMI (Joint Statement), Mr. Roberto Antonio Liebgott
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr. Dominique Burgeon
- United States of America, Ms. Catherine Lee Peters
- Russian Federation, Ms. Kristina Sukacheva
- Namibia, Mr. Jerry Mika
- United Nations Population Fund, Ms. Monica Ferro
- China, Mr. Mao Yizong
- Indonesia, Mr. Agustinus Anindityo Adi Primasto
- Guatemala, Ms. Carla María Rodriguez Mancia
- Indian Law Resource Centre, Ms. Tamra Truett Jerue
- Sikh Human Rights Group, Mr. Jagjeet Singh Aheer
- Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice delle Salesiane di Don Bosco (Joint Statement), Ms. Norayma Angel
- Ms. Megan Davis, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Final Remarks)
- Mr. José Francisco Cali Tzay, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Ms. Anne Nuorgam, Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues